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Common Lit: Genetically Modified Salmon: Food or Frankenfish Unit PlanCommon Lit: Genetically Modified Salmon: Food or Frankenfish Unit Plan
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7th - 8th
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Common Lit: Genetically Modified Salmon: Food or Frankenfish

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CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see the definitions, choose to have the text read aloud, and have chosen text translated. Form your own opinion about genetically modified animals after reading this informational text. [Free account registration required for specific tools.]

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informational texts, reading comprehension

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commonlit.org, commonlit: genetically modified salmon: food or frankenfish, genetically modified, genetically modified animals, opinion, informational text about science

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Practice

Common Core

SL.7.1.a SL.8.1.a

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